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The Christmas Gift / El Regalo de Navidad

The Christmas Gift / El Regalo de Navidad( )
Author: Jiménez, Francisco
Illustrator: Cotts, Claire B.
ISBN:978-0-395-92869-1
Publication Date:Sep 2000
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Imprint:Harcourt Children's Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $22.95
Book Description:

With honesty and rare grace, award-winning author Francisco Jiménez shares his most poignant Christmas memory in this remarkable book. Illustrated with paintings full of strength and warmth, written in spare bilingual text, this simple story celebrates the true spirit of Christmas, and illuminates how children do indeed draw strength from the bonds of their families.

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Jiménez, Francisco (Author)
Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University and a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from Columbia University. He is a professor at Santa Clara University. He has published and edited several books on Mexican and Mexican American literature, and his stories have been published in over 100 textbooks and anthologies of literature. His books include The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa, The Christmas Gift/El Regalo de Navidad, Reaching Out, and Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University.

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